Made a quicker cookbook guide. Referenced back the original guide.

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 # Cookbook Contributor's Guide
 
+
+<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 2em;">
+  <a href="quick-cookbook-guide.md" style="display: inline-block; background-color:rgb(13, 83, 130); color: white; padding: 8px 10px; font-size: 1.1em; border-radius: 8px;">
+    &leftarrow; Back to Quickstart Guide
+  </a>
+</p>
+
+
 Project Pythia Cookbooks are collections of more advanced and domain-specific example
 workflows building on top of [Pythia Foundations](https://foundations.projectpythia.org/landing-page.html).
 They are [geoscience](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_science)-focused

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+# MyST Cookbook Contributing Guide Notes
+
+For a more detailed, step-by-step contributor guide, see the **Full Cookbook Contributor's Guide**
+<p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 2em;">
+  <a href="cookbook-guide.md" style="display: inline-block; background-color:rgb(13, 83, 130); color: white; padding: 8px 10px; font-size: 1.1em; border-radius: 8px;">
+    Full Cookbook Contributor's Guide &rightarrow;
+  </a>
+</p>
+
+
+---
+## Create Repository Using Template
+
+1. Navigate to [projectpythia-mystmd/cookbook-template](https://github.com/projectpythia-mystmd/cookbook-template)
+2. Click **"Use This Template"** → **"Create a new repository"**
+
+### On the next page:
+- Check **"Include all branches"**
+- You are the **owner**
+- Create your repository name (should end with `-cookbook`)
+- Select to keep it **Public**
+- Then click **"Create repository"**
+
+
+---
+
+## Update Content
+
+Follow [Git/GitHub best practices](https://foundations.projectpythia.org/foundations/getting-started-github.html) with your collaborators:
+
+- Add content with your scientific insight as `.ipynb` files in the `notebooks/` folder  
+- Update `environment.yml` to include all necessary packages  
+- Update **thumbnail** to visually represent your work  
+- Update `README.md` to reflect:
+  - Title  
+  - Description  
+  - Motivation  
+  - Authors  
+  - Content structure  
+
+- Update `myst.yml` with:
+  - Title  
+  - GitHub link  
+  - Tags  
+  - Keywords (clarify the difference!)  
+  - Table of contents (`toc`)  
+  - Jupyter &rarr; Binder &rarr; Repo links  
+
+- Update `CITATION.cff` with:
+  - Authors’ names, ORCID, website, and affiliation  
+  - Title  
+  - Abstract  
+
+---
+
+## Ready to Publish?
+
+1. Make sure you’re added to the `projectpythia-mystmd` organization  
+2. From **repository settings**, transfer the repo to the `projectpythia-mystmd` organization  
+3. Open a PR editing `cookbook_gallery.txt` with your repo name in the [Cookbook Gallery Repository](https://github.com/projectpythia/cookbook-gallery)  
+4. Await review  
+5. Someone from the Pythia team will publish a **citable release**